I live in North. Nan city. We had letter from immigration to open bank. We went 4 different banks only Bangkok Bank was willing to open it. Most of them were saying the want to see Yellow Book or work premit. Even Bangkok bank asked too many documents for us, took few days to run around and collect all the necessary documents.
I am on Non immigrant visa(married) sim card on my name. My account was frozen 3 days ago. Today I went bank. Cant withdrawal my money. They say the need 1 week for investigation to open it. I have not done any doggy transfers or simila... Only sent once money for visa extension.
I flew in BKK and took me 7 days to get my wife home in North. We stayed 4-5 different hotels on the way up north. Non of the Hotels reported me to Immigration.
At my local Immigration desk they said i might get problems if trying to extend my Non O visa. So the Immigration worker let me pull out my booking,com account and choose random last booking to call the hotel and ask why they didnt report me. So i got cleared it wasn't my mistake. Immigration worker said to me she will write extra note for my Extension application once i am back at in Immigration department to apply extension of my stay.
Just today I got my Bank opened in Nan Province. Took me about 3 days running between immigration and all the different bank branches. Some banks asking Yellow book, some wanted Kor Ror 22, Kasikorn bank said straight they cant open me if not have work premit or already long stay visa.
Finally got my bank opened in Bangkok Bank where they also asked me and my wife all kind of documents. Even my home country ID card was one of the documents i had to have for opening bank and opening bank account delayed 1 day due not having my ID card with me in bank..even though I had letter of residence letter from local Immigration Office especially made for Bangkok Bank.
BTW I am on my Non O visa visiting my Thai Family.
But now I have sent all the money to Wise account. I am planning to make 1 year extension and curious if i can show proof of funds on my Wise account at Thai Immigration?
I have heard you could just apply citizenship after 3 years of marrige visa extension if those 3 years are consistent and you have been living most of the time in Thailand. You can apply for work premit all of those 3 years as well.